Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product U8868 Biostar
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FCC Information and Copyright This equ ipment ha s been tested and f ound to comply w ith the limits of a Class B digital device, pursu ant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are de signed to prov ide reason able protec tion agains t harmf ul interf erence in a residen tial ins tallat ion.
Table of Contents i Notice ............................................................................................. 1 Mainboard Features ............................................................... 2 1. Features Intro duction .................
Table of Contents ii 4-10. ATX 1 2V Power Conne ctor: JATXPWR2 ...................................... 18 5. RAM Mod ule C on fig u ra tio n ............................................................. 19 5-1. DDR SD RAM ..............................
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-1 Notice Introduction of syst em This ma in board is design ed to ta k e advan tage of the la tes t in dustry techn ology to provide you with th e u ltimate solu tion in data processin g.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-2 Mainboard Features 1. Features Introduction 1-1. Hardware CPU: 1.Provides Socket-478. 2.Supports the Intel Penti um ® 4 pro cessor pro viding the new gene ration p ow er for high-end workstations and servers. Speed: 1.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-3 Shadow RAM : Motherboard is equ ipped with a memory con troller providi ng shadow RAM and support for ROM BIOS. Green Functionality : 1.Supports Award BIOS ™ power managem ent functionality. 2.Has a power down timer from 1 to 15 minutes.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-4 3. Floating-point triangle setup engine. 4. Single circle 128-bit 3D architecture. 5. 8M triangles /second setup engine. 6. 140M pixels second trilinear fill rate. 7. Full internal AGP 4x performance. 8. Microsoft Direct X texture com pression.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-5 AC’97 Sound Codec Onboard: 1.AC-LINK protocol comfliance. 2.Compliant with AC’ 97 specification. 3.18-bit full duplex stereo ADC, DACs.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-6 1-2. BIOS & Software 1.Award legal BIOS. 2.Supports APM1.2. 3.Supports USB Func tion. 4.Supports ACPI. Operating System: Offers the high est performan ce for MS-DO S, Windows NT, Window s 2000, Windows ME, W indows XP, Novell, LINUX, and SCO UN IX etc.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-7 2. Mainboard Configurat ion 2-1. Layout of U8868 PCI1 PCI2 AGP SLOT PCI SLOT PCI SLOT PCI SLOT VT82 35 1612 A 1 JCDI N1 PCI3 CNR1 CNR SLOT 1 ITE BIOS JA TXPWR1 PRIMA RY IDE CONN. SECONDARY IDE CONN. FLOP PY DIS K CONN.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-8 2-2. Component Index.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-9 3. CPU Configuration 3-1. CPU Socket 478 Configuration Steps: 1. Pull the lev er sidewa ys away f rom the sock et then raise th e lever up to a 90-degree an gle. 2. Locate P in A in th e socket and lo ok for th e white d ot or cu t edge in the CP U.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-10 CPU Configurat ion Layout 3-2. CPU Fan Header: JCFAN1 Pin No. Assignment 1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Sense.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-11 3-3. System Fan Header: JSFAN1 Pin No. Assignment 1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Sense.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-12 4. Jumpers, Headers & Connectors JA TX PWR1 JKBV1 1 JUSB 3 1 2 9 10 1 JWOL1 FDD1 JP ANEL 1 JCM OS1 1 JUSB 4 1 2 9 10 IDE1-2 JA TX PWR2.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-13 4-1. Front Panel Connector: JPANEL1 Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function No. No. 1 +5V 2 Sleep Control Sleep 3 NA Speaker 4 Ground But to n 5 NA Conn.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-14 POW-LED (Power LED Connector) This c onnector can be attac hed to an LE D on the front pan el of a computer ca se. The LED w ill illumin ate while th e computer is powered on. HLED (Hard Drive LED Connector) This c onnector can be attac hed to an LE D on the front pan el of a computer c ase.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-15 4-2. ATX 20-pin Power Connector: JATXPW R1 PIN Assignment PIN Assignment 1 3.3V 11 3.3V 2 3.3V 12 -12V 3 Ground 13 Ground 4 5V 14 PS_ON 5 Ground 15 Ground 6 5V 16 Groun d 7 Ground 17 Ground 8 PW_OK 18 -5V 9 5V_SB 19 5V 10 12V 20 5V 4-3.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-16 4-4. Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1 The motherboard prov ides a stan dard floppy disk con nector (FDC) that supports 360K, 720K, 1. 2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. Th is connector supports the provide d floppy drive ribbon cables.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-17 3. Wait for fi ve seco nds. 4. Make JCMOS1 (1-2) cl osed. 5 . L e t A C p o w e r o n . 6. Reset your desired passw ord or clear th e CMOS data. 4-7. Front USB Header: JUSB3 (JUSB3) Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 +5V(fused) 2 +5V(fused) 3 USBP2- 4 USBP3- 5 USBP2+ 6 USBP3+ 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 KEY 10 NC 4-8.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-18 4-10. ATX 12V Power Connector: JATXPWR2 PIN Assignment PIN Assignment 1 12V 3 Groun d 2 12V 4 Groun d.
Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-19 5. RAM Module Configu ration 5-1. DDR SDRAM DRAM Access Time: 2. 5V Unbuffered DDR SDRAM PC1600/ PC2100 Type re quired.
M a i n b o a r d F e a t u r e s 20 5-2. How to install DDR DI MM Module 1. The DDR DIMM socke t has a “ Plastic Safety T ab”, and th e DDR DIMM memory module has an A symmetrica l notch ”, so the DDR DIMM memory module can only f it into the s lot in one direction .
M a i n b o a r d F e a t u r e s 21 6. Peripheral Port F eatures 6-1. PS/2 Mouse / Keyboard Connector: JKBMS1 The motherboard prov ides a stan dard PS/2 mouse / Keyboard mini D IN connec tor fo r attac hing a PS/2 mouse . You can p lug a PS/2 mouse / Keyboard di rect l y into this co nnecto r.
M a i n b o a r d F e a t u r e s 22 6-2. USB & LAN Port Connectors: JUSBLAN1 6-2-1. USB Conn ectors: USB Connector (the below one) Pin Assignment 1 +5 V (f u sed) 2 USBP1- 3 USBP1+ 4 Ground USB C.
M a i n b o a r d F e a t u r e s 23 6-2-2. LAN Port C onnect or This co nnect or al lows you to conne ct to the Inte rnet thro ugh a Local Area Ne twork ( LAN). Yo u ca n set up t he c onnect ion b y ente ring a ccount inform atio n pro vide d by your ISP.
M a i n b o a r d F e a t u r e s 24 6-3. Serial and Parallel In terface Ports This system comes equ ipped with one serial port and on e parallel port.
M a i n b o a r d F e a t u r e s 25 6-3-2Video Graphics Adapter Port : JVGA1 This motherboard h as built in v ideo facilities. Your monitor wil l attach dir ec tly to JVGA 1 connec tor on the m oth erboard.
M a i n b o a r d F e a t u r e s 26 6-3-3. Paral l el Interface Port: JPRNT1 Unlike th e serial ports , parallel in terface port h as been standardized and sh ould not present an y difficulty interf acing peripherals to your system. Some times called centronics port, t he paralle l port is alm ost exc lusively used w ith printers .
M a i n b o a r d F e a t u r e s 27 6-4. Game (Joystick/MIDI) Port Connector: JAUD_GAME This connecto r allows yo u to connect a joystick or game pad for playing computer games. Also, you may play or edit prof essional music by connecting MIDI devices.
M a i n b o a r d F e a t u r e s 28 6-6. Audio Subsystem 6-6-1. CD-ROM Audio-In Header : JCDIN1 Pin No. Assignment 1 Left Channel Inp ut 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right Ch annel I nput 1 JCDIN1.
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